Wainwright
See also: wainwright
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”).
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Proper noun edit
Wainwright
- An English surname originating as an occupation
- A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
- A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
- An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
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Noun edit
Wainwright (plural Wainwrights)
- (climbing) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.